Reply #22: OK. I've done some math. [View All]

[MGKrebs]

It is 2610 miles from Hawaii to San Diego.
The Lincoln's top speed is apparently 30 knots, which is 34.5 miles per hour (a knot being 1.15 miles per hour).

2610/34.5 = 75.65 hours. The fastest they could have made the trip.

We know the speech was in the evening, what, about 6PM (San Diego time)?

Let's say the advance team boards the ship in Hawaii at 8AM on the 28th. The ship immediately sets sail at top speed. It would reach San Diego in 75 hours, which would be 11AM on the 1st of April. But there is a 2 hour time difference, so it's actually 1PM local time.

That leaves 7 hours to get out of Pearl Harbor, get up to speed, then slow down and turn near San Diego.

Doable I guess, but VERY tight.